# Incident 20150911016589I: Cessna 177RG, Woodruff, SC, September 11, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2015, 15:00 local time
- Place: Woodruff, SC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7451° N, 82.0375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Woodruff, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7451&lon=-82.0375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7550V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7550V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177RG (registry code 2073709, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D (registry code 41593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-A1B6D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150911016589I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT WAS FLYING FORMATION WITH FIVE OTHER AIRCRAFT AND GOT DISTRACTED IN LOWERING HIS LANDING GEAR. HE DID LOWER THE GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, HOWEVER THE GEAR HAD NOT REACHED ITS FULL DOWN POSITION AND THEREFORE THE MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. THE NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED.

## Other reports on N7550V (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19900321018779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900321018779I), Mar 21, 1990: Cessna 177RG (N7550V), Vivian, LA, Minor damage. Unable to lower nose gear. Landed beside runway with main gear down and nose gear retracted.
- [Incident 19870610045119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870610045119I), Jun 10, 1987: Cessna 177RG (N7550V), Prattville, AL, Minor damage. Pilot failed to lower the landing gear before landing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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